Human Rights Campaign initiative strives to overcome HIV stigma
A groundbreaking new cohort of participants will soon travel to the nation’s capital to tackle shame and mental health challenges associated with HIV.
June 27, 2024
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A second Trump term would double down on erasing transgender rights. Here’s how advocates are preparing.
“We’ve seen over the last several years a militant effort in red states by the government to discriminate against trans folks, in particular, and the broader LGBTQ community, and even to go so far as to try to deny trans people's existence,” said Mike Zamore, national director of policy and governmental affairs at the ACLU.
June 16, 2024
U.S. Health and Human Services' Dr. Rachel Levine Never Sleeps
The history-making secretary is busy working on the ongoing pandemic, health equity, addiction and mental health, and the implications of climate change.
October 8, 2021
Weekend Monkeypox Vaccination Clinics Announced by White House
Visitors to large LGBTQ+ events in several major cities this holiday weekend will be able to get a monkeypox vaccine onsite.
August 31, 2022
The Collateral Damage of Trump’s Global Gag Rule: LGBT Rights
As the administration takes aim at reproductive services across the globe, all kinds of people suffer.
June 5, 2018
Civil rights groups sue Trump over executive orders targeting DEI & transgender people
“President Trump, we will see you in court again, and we will beat you again,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings said.
February 19, 2025
Only 6% of LGBTQ+ People Say They Aren't Getting a COVID Vaccine
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation found that 91 percent of LGBTQ+ people surveyed said they were already vaccinated, which is about 30 percent higher than the general population.
November 12, 2021
Republicans Attempt to Hijack Defense Bill With Anti-Transgender Amendments
Far-right lawmakers want to use the bill to target access to abortion, gender-affirming care, and more in the military.
July 13, 2023
Monkeypox Cases Are Down Nationally but Up in Communities of Color
The White House announced a new program aimed at reaching communities of color with education, vaccination, and treatment of monkeypox in order to ensure health care access equity.
September 15, 2022
Biden Names Adrian Shanker as Senior Adviser on LGBTQI+ Health Equity
Shanker, a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive Americans, will work in the office of the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
October 4, 2022
Why LGBTQ+ groups are angry at RFK Jr.'s confirmation
Kennedy has denied that he ever said chemicals cause gender dysphoria or that HIV doesn't cause AIDS — but he did.
February 14, 2025
How did the Biden administration just make health care fairer for LGBTQ+ people?
The Biden-Harris administration announced a rule change that restores protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation in health care settings.
April 29, 2024
More companies than ever have this DEI practice, despite anti-LGBTQ+ push
The number of businesses participating in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts is only growing, according to the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, even as conservatives pressure corporations to stop.
January 7, 2025
Obamacare Prohibits Providers From Denying Health Care to Trans People
The Obama administration is banning health providers from denying access to transgender people because of their gender identity.
May 13, 2016
Who Is Fighting the Economic Oppression of LGBTQI+ People?
Having a decent livelihood and freedom from discrimination are human rights for all people.
May 17, 2021
HRC Cannot Be Trusted Until It Answers for Alphonso David Firing
In this op-ed, Duane Cramer lays out how the Human Rights Campaign's painful history connects to the recent firing.
October 14, 2021
Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies
Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.
January 13, 2025
What is Project 2025 and what does it mean for LGBTQ+ Americans?
Far-right activists have put together a series of directives for the next conservative president. Here's what it would mean to the LGBTQ+ community.
June 21, 2024
The Cost of Inaction on PEPFAR, the AIDS Relief Program That's Saved Millions
Leaders of Partners In Health, the international public health nonprofit, write about the danger of not funding PEPFAR, a program that's saved 25 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections.
November 6, 2023
Maryland Governor Signs Bill Assuring Medicaid Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care
Gov. Wes Moore also signed legislation protecting abortion rights.
May 4, 2023
Why a White-Led LGBTQ+ Org and a POC-Led Queer Group Are Teaming Up
SAGE and GRIOT Circle are pooling resources to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ seniors -- the heads of both groups explain why more queer organizations should follow suit.
April 1, 2022